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Laura Margaret Bratcher

December 18, 1919 - September 20, 2017

Laura Margaret Bratcher

Laura Margaret (Miller) Bratcher, age 97, of Granbury, Texas passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Arlington, TX on Wednesday evening, September 20, 2017 at 8:22 and is now at home with her Heavenly Father.

Visitation will be at Wiley’s Funeral Home in Granbury on Friday eve…read more

Laura Margaret Bratcher

Laura Margaret (Miller) Bratcher, age 97, of Granbury, Texas passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home in Arlington, TX on Wednesday evening, September 20, 2017 at 8:22 and is now at home with her Heavenly Father.

Visitation will be at Wiley’s Funeral Home in Granbury on Friday evening, September 22, 2017 from 6:00 – 8:00. Funeral Services will be officiated by Glenn Ward and held at Tate Springs Baptist Church in Arlington at 1:00 on Saturday, September 23, 2017. A Grave Side Service will be at Emerald Hills Cemetery in Kennedale beginning at 3:00 (there will be no formal procession).

Margaret was born December 18, 1919 to Lester Carter and Bessie Mae (Lea) Miller in Sinton, Texas. She led a hard life growing up through the depression, being the oldest in her family she was in charge of the household and all the other kids while her parents worked long hours trying to make ends meet. Her siblings called her “Sis” which stuck through her life and later was affectionately called “Aunt Sis” by all her nephews, nieces and most of the local community kids she “adopted” into her heart.

Margaret graduated from Handley High School in 1937 then married Sidney Eugene Bratcher on June 5, 1939 in the rural community of Tate Springs. Margaret and Sidney had a dairy farm from 1939 – 1972 on the site of the original Tate Springs where settlers would come from miles away in their horse driven wagons to fill their water barrels. After all the free labor (sons) left home, they sold the dairy to the Arlington ISD (who built Martin High School on that site) allowing them to move to Granbury so Sidney could go fishing anytime he wanted. She was widowed on July 22, 2008.

Margaret was not raised in a particularly religious home and never went to church growing up although she definitely had the Fear of God placed in her by her mother at a very early age. A friend invited her to church for the first time when she was 14 and she immediately accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior. She rarely missed being at church anytime the doors were open from that point on until the past 4 years after being home bound due to Congestive Heart Failure. She initially was a member of Tate Springs Baptist Church as a teenager and then joined Acton Baptist Church in 1973 when she and Sidney built a house on Lake Granbury. She had a servant’s heart going on numerous church mission trips as a cook and was also a long time volunteer at Granbury Medical Center serving countless hours over many years serving the most recorded hours in the history of that hospital.

Margaret was a very loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother, daughter, sister, wife and friend who would always help anyone at anytime on a moment’s notice. She will be missed greatly by all she touched and influenced with her love.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sons Thomas Lester Bratcher and Terry Glen Bratcher as well as sisters Bessie Marie Fort and Mary Lou Rugby and brother Louie Lea Miller.